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SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: This is about as over-the-top as one can get in an SUV and not be in a Porsche or a Land Rover. Full story...

All Porsches to get paddleshift pdk option Full story...

Front-engined 2+2 set to slot in above 911, Based on Panamera, with hybrid on the way Full story...

Volkswagen AG will pay 3.9 billion euros ($5.8 billion) to take a bigger than planned 49.9 percent stake in Porsche AG as a first step to a full merger with Porsche Automobil Holding SE by 2011. Full story...

MANAGING EDITOR ROGER HART: This is the best SUV in the world. Why? Because it doesnand#8217;t really drive like an SUV. From a pure philosophical point of view, I really dislike this thing. Full story...

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft will take a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche AG in a first step towards an integrated automotive group with Porsche. This was agreed between Volkswagen and Porsche SE during negotiations on the contracts of implementation relating to the merger of the two companies. Full story...

Volkswagen AG has said it would seek a potential further EUR10bn from shareholders to secure its merger with Porsche and safeguard its financial stability. Full story...

A sport-utility vehicle in Porsche's line-up of cars might seem like a sin, but the fact is that this year, the Cayenne is outselling the 911 as well as the Boxster and Cayman combined. Full story...

Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart will once again be offering a wide range of calendars for the coming year. There is a choice of three wall calendars and an appointments diary, which will give plenty of pleasure far beyond the year 2010. Full story...

TORONTO, - Just days before the official on-sale date of October 17, Porsche is displaying its new, four-door Panamera at Holt Renfrew stores in Vancouver, Toronto (Bloor Street) and Montreal. Full story...

Everyone seems to think of convertibles as the "cars of summer". The Porsche 911 C 4 Cabriolet fit that bill and then some. Translated, this means Porsche loaned me their new 911 convertible with all wheel drive. Full story...

As four-wheeled evolution goes, the Porsche 911 Turbo's first three and a half decades have been spectacular. Full story...

Street Racers' Reunion - Milan Dragway

Detroit's Big Three rise again to burn rubber at Milan Dragway.

Return with us to those blissful days when Detroit's rule of the automotive roost was unchallenged by foes from east or west. In 1964 - the year suburban Detroit's Woodward Avenue became the country's favorite unofficial drag strip - Toyota was just breaking out of its Toyopet shell, and a fledgling Mercedes-Benz was still prepping for flight from the Studebaker-Packard nest. Hyundai didn't exist, and Nissan was pronounced "DAT-sun." The most energetic Porsche packed 145 hp.

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Porsche has started work on what it claimed would become one of the most modern and environment-friendly paint shops in the world at its factory in Stuttgart. Full story...

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart is expanding its innovative automobile production at the main factory in Zuffenhausen with one of the most modern and environmentally-friendly paint shops in the world. The carcass work that began only a few weeks ago and the steel construction are set to be completed early 2010. This will be followed by the construction of the facade and technically complex facility structure. Full story...

Flagship version of Mercedes' all-new four-door coupe will go head to head with rivals from Porsche and Aston martin

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Porsche may seek to add a lower cost Porsche to its range according to remarks made by a senior executive. Full story...

Malte Radmann was appointed the chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche Engineering Group GmbH and Porsche Engineering Services GmbH, Weissach, on October 1, 2009. In the two subsidiaries of the Stuttgart manufacturer Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, he followed Dr. Full story...

With the launch of Winter Sports, a microsite appearing prominently on www.porsche.ca as well as the Web sites of Canadian dealers, Porsche Canada is launching a comprehensive marketing campaign designed to encourage Porsche customers to take full advantage of their vehicles' capabilities year-round. As well, it seeks to remove one of the traditional psychological barriers to buying a Porsche, demonstrating that, Cayenne or Cayman, Boxster or 911 or Panamera, every Porsche is designed, engineered and tested to put up with the worst Canadian winter conditions. Full story...

Where to begin? Porsche, a storied, revered and respected maker of fine German performance cars. Racing and rallying heritage, dedicated to producing to most cars for international motorsports events, Porsche is synonymous with high performance and stands head and shoulders above most other car brands when it comes to hardcore driving machines right out of the box. Full story...